Carpenter&#39;s chisel.



N6.4816,626.- PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

. W. S. WARD,

GARPBNTERS CHISEL. I APPLICATION FILED JUNB28,1905.

\vvvw A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM S. I/VARD, OF PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNOR TO THE H. D. SMITH & COMPANY, OF PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

CARPENTERS CHISEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 190s.

Application filed June 28, 1905. Serial No. 267,376.

T (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plantsville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarpenters Chisels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carpenters chisels and theobject of my invention is to providea cheap, durable, and efficientchisel, es ecially with reference to sbtrength and to tl fe drivingqualities of the utt.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a portion ofthe blade and the handle of my chisel. Fig. 2 is an edge view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 00 a: of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a transverse section on the line y 'y of Fig. 2.

In a general way the chisel is in many respects like the chisel shownand described in I my Patent No. 718,040, of January 6, 1903,

and has formed integral with the blade A the bolster 5, handle-web 6,and head 7, in connection with handle-scales 8, secured by rivets 10 onthe broad sides of the web 6.

In the present application the handle-web 6 isflat on its broad sides,and it is arranged edgewise with reference to the broad sides of theblade, whereby it has the greatest possible strength for a flattened webwhen used for be long enough on its shortest side to prevent the metalfrom being upset at points abutting the ends of the handle-scales incase the operator should use a hammer for driving on the head.

As a 'eneral rule a mallet instead of a hammer will be employed forstriking on the head of the chisel. Whichever is used, the solid androunded head will be found to be very durable and to furnish a solid orrigid means for transmitting the blow through the handleweb to theblade.

I claim as my invention The herein-described chisel, comprising a blade,bolster, flattened handle-web and solid cylindrical head all formedintegral, and handle-scales securedon the opposite sides of the saidflattened web, the said handle-web being arranged ed ewise withreference to the broad sides 0 the chisel-blade.

WILLIAM S. WARD. Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, P. J. EGAN.

